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We've talked about this before but it bears repeating—there's a haves and have-nots sense of the men's D2 college scene this year.
There is not a ton of movement and no movement at all amongst the top 15.
Towson edges up closer to Salisbury after a close loss there. Miami drops down mostly because we haven't seen them do much while other teams are playing and winning.
Coastal Carolina's win over East Carolina has them probably the main contenders to challenge UNC Wilmington coming out of the Southern Rugby Conference.
The 20-17 victory follows up on their 61-45 defeat of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a close win over Lander has people talking.
The key, said Coast Head Coach Thomas Petit, is experience.
We didn't update the NCR D1 rankings last week because we've found we can best do three in a week most of the time.
So someone has to have a bye week and this past week was the bye week for NCR D1.
Layton Christian Academy won the Utah Youth Rugby boys 7s earlier this month, overcoming a strong field off opposition.
LCA has struggled with numbers because it's football season, said Head Coach Tongia Vaitaki. "But we were able to pull it off with the few numbers we got."
USA Men's 7s superstar Perry Baker has announced he is retiring from the USA 7s program.
Baker appeared in three Olympics, two Rugby World Cup Sevens, 71 HSBC SVNS tournaments, and won two World Rugby Player of the Year awards. He retires having scored 293 tries in SVNS tournaments, which bested only by England's Dan Norton.